Chapter 1 Introduction - NETGEAR XS728T Hardware Installation Manual

Introduction
1.
This hardware installation guide is for the following NETGEAR
Switches:
• Model XS728T 28-Port 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch
• Model XS748T 48-Port 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch
These models provide twenty-four or forty-four 1000/10GBASE-T RJ-45 copper ports and four
dedicated enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) GBIC slots that can accept SFP+ 1G
and 10G copper and fiber optical modules.
In this hardware installation guide, except where indicated otherwise, these models are referred
to as the switch. This hardware installation guide complements the installation guide that came
with the switch.
The chapter includes the following sections:
• Overview
• Features
• Safety Instructions and Warnings
Note: For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual,
visit the support website at www.support.netgear.com.
Note: For detailed technical specifications and information about supported
features, see the datasheet:
For model XS728T, visit www.netgear.com/XS728T.
For model XS748T, visit www.netgear.com/XS748T.
Note: For software and configuration documentation, see the links on the
resource CD in the product package or visit downloadcenter.netgear.com.
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